"I think at its best the American sense of humor is the same as the British sense of humor at its best, which is to be wry and ironic and self deprecating."
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"I suppose I miss the British cynicism and the humor."
"1. You left a multipack of Mars Bars on top of your wardrobe. Can I have one? Dad x2. I had three. Hope that's OK. Dad x3. I'm just going to have one more. Dad x4. Harriet, your Dad's made himself sick on an entire multipack of Mars Bars again. Please don't leave sweets where we can find them. A x"
"I inherited a pound from my British uncle. I’d have rather gotten a dollar, because what do I want with an animal shelter?"
"I mean, yeah, I'm sure that Python and the other things have paved the way for a greater understanding of the British sense of humor, but I don't think it's all that different than the American sense of humor."
"Would it save you a lot of time if I just gave up and went mad now?"
"The British do not expect happiness. I had the impression, all the time that I lived there, that they do not want to be happy; they want to be right."
"I have no idea what a British sensibility or a British sense of humor is. I have no concept of what that is. I have no concept of what American sensibility is. I was born in Great Britain, but I was only there for six months, and we moved to Belgium, where I grew up."
"I really wouldn't want to live in America. I found New York claustrophobic and dirty. I missed England when I was there, simple things like smells and the British sense of humor."
"I think American guys tend to be a bit more forward, a bit more chatty and open than the Brits. The Brits seem to have a darker sense of humor, though I have met some Americans who have adopted bits of the British dry sense of humor as well."
"If they wanted their shit stirred, then stirred their shit was jolly well going to be."
"Like the British Constitution, she owes her success in practice to her inconsistencies in principle."
"Yer a good lad, Atticus, mowin’ me lawn and killin’ what Brits come around."
"I love British humor. It's just so - surreal."
"Sometimes Americans don't quite get my sense of humor. My good ol' British sarcasm seems to go over their heads."